Education
135 stories
The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared »
The North Texas teenager went missing in the late eighties. For years, no one knew where she was, or even if she was still alive-no one, that is, except a mysterious young woman two thousand miles away.
March 2002 by Skip Hollandsworth
Hook Man Speaks »
When Matt Clark succumbed to cancer in 1998, the young writer left behind an inventive unpublished novel called Hook Man Speaks. Then his friends stepped in-and brought the book back from the dead.
March 2002 by Mike Shea
How Good Is Your Kid's School? »
Find out in our rankings of nearly every public elementary, middle, and high school in Texas–the most comprehensive and accurate ever done in the state.
November 2001 by S. C. Gwynne
Apply and Demand »
Playing God at UT.
May 2001 by Paul Burka
Poor Goodrich »
For an East Texas school, there’s nothing elementary about George W. Bush’s education plan.
November 1999 by Patricia Bernstein
Three Cheers for High School Football! »
The greatest coach, the most-fearsome players, the top teams, games you shouldn’t miss, and more.
October 1999
All Stars »
The celebrity high school football hall of fame.
October 1999
Over Time »
Eleven years later, the Permian High School Panthers remember Friday Night Lights, the book that put them—and Odessa—on the map.
October 1999 by Brian D. Sweany
Education • Barbara R. Foorman »
Read all about her.
September 1999 by Gregory Curtis
School Spirit »
Even in death, the former principal of El Paso’s Cathedral High is larger than life.
July 1999 by Jan Jarboe Russell
My Wimberley »
Why Wimberley is not Columbine.
June 1999 by Joe Nick Patoski
Shock Star »
Fort Worth officers and teachers get to know Marilyn Manson.
February 1999 by Mike Shea
Beef 101 »
An A&M extension class gets beefy.
January 1999 by John Morthland
A Test on the Test »
A TAAS test test.
December 1998 by Gregory Curtis
The Disloyal Opposition »
How five right-wing members of the State Board of Education are making life miserable for their fellow Republicans—especially George W. Bush.
December 1998 by Paul Burka
Mirabeau B. Lamar »
Why was Mirabeau B. Lamar known as the Father of Texas Education?
December 1998 by Anne Dingus
Soda Flop? »
Soft drinks in our public schools.
December 1998 by Jordan Mackay
Very Special Ed »
Thirty years ago I was a barrio kid with little hope for a college degree. Then the alternative school Chinquapin turned my life around.
October 1998 by David D. Medina
Fight Back »
Combating violence in our schools
October 1998 by Janet Heimlich
Class Acts »
Long before they were chart-topping musicians, Erykah Badu and Roy Hargrove made the grade at an arts magnet school in Dallas.
September 1998 John Morthland
EDUCATION • Diana Natalicio »
Diversity U.
September 1998 by John Morthland
School’s In »
The charter school craze hits Texas.
September 1998 by Claire Poole
Write On! »
UT’s writing program achieves Texas-size success.
June 1998 by Anne Dingus
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